A portable fracture toughness tester for biological materials

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 954-962

  Darvell, B W ^a   Lee, P K D ^a   Yuen, T D B ^a   Lucas, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; DESIGN; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LIGHT WEIGHT EQUIPMENT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT;

FORCE DISPLACEMENT RELATIONSHIP; HARDWARE INTEGRATION TECHNIQUE; LOAD CELL; PLIANT SOLIDS; PORTABLE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTER; WEDGE TEST;

MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS;

EID: 0030169635     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/7/6/016     Document Type: Article

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